Figure wheeled toy



Nov. 10, 1925.v 1,560,607

R` RECTTI FLGURE WHEELED TOY Filed Feb. 2. l1925 INVEN TOR /occo HEC/i TTI A 'BYWEQQW ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 10, 1925.

UNITED :STATES y 1,560,607 'PA TE NT? QFFI Ci Rocco RncATTLjoF sT. Louis, Missoula-I.

Y FIGURE WHEELED TOY.;

Application led Februaryy 2, 1925. Serial I{\1'o."6,186.V

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Be it known that I, Rocco RnoATTI,-a subject of the King of Italy, and resident of the city of St. Louis and State of .Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Figure Wheeled Toys, of which the following is a speoication containing a full. clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the 'acompanyingr drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to improvements in toys and has, for its primary object a toy Which is designed to be propelled along the iioor by means of a spring motor `and. on which are mounted a plurality of figures, which, when the device ,is operated', rhave motion imparted thereto. w; V 'i A further object is to construct a' toy 1 of ythe spring motor driven typewhich `is provided with a pair of animalsadapted vto be In the construction of my device I emv ploy a carriage having a top 4, and side members 5. Extending through the side members and adjacent the rear end'thereof is a shaft 6. This shaft projects beyond the sides and has secured to its ends driving wheels 7. The shaft 6 is also provided intermediate its ends with a crank 8 to which is attached a rod 9. The rod 9 extends through an opening 10 formed in the top of cover 4. Mounted on the upper end ofthe rod 9 is a human figure 11 which is provided with a pivoted arm 12, the hand 13 of which is shown as grasping a stick or Whip 14.

Extending through the sides 5 is a shaft 15 on which is mounted a drum 16. Se-` cured to one end of the drum 16 is a gear 17 which is provided with a plurality of extensions 18. These extensions extend inwardly and at right angles to the face of the gear 17. Surrounding the drum 16 is a coil spring 19, one end of which is sey .Curedl intheI drum .16, .the Vopposite endif-0 is secured to aratchet-21=which ismounted signedto be turned Vby means ofga key22 thus vvcausing the spring 19ftobe Wound around thedrum...

23 on whiclris mounted/a pinion `24'Whiclf1 meshes lwith the; gearf17. The shaft 23 has Aalso mounted thereonfaJ gear 25 Whichin` Extending l through the` sides 5: vshaft l turn meshes. with ya lpinion .26l .Which is secured to the shaft6. Carried by the sidesy y5 y is a shaft 27,on whichis pivotally-mounted 4a. 'leven-,28. The'lever -is .-so'arranged that lits shortV arm'29 `is in thepath offtravel-of the projectionslS, the long-arm ,30Lispr'o:

vided with an `outwardly extending'stud-Bl, j

and pivotally secured to'this stud is one end of the levers 32,these levers extendthrough openings y33 formed lin .the -top5'4.\ v'Ilheftop is also provided withearsl 34 yto which the *hind legs: 35 of` .the animals .36 are'` pivotally secured. consistof the portions37 land 38, these p01',- tionsv are pivotally` joined at the knee.; 'Ihe The fore legs of the animals one/leg by means'of ami-vet 39, and the otherleg by means ofthe -portion-40-which is formed bybending the upper-end; 'ofthe levers' 32a-t right anglesto eachother;`

yAdjacent theA forward part of the Vcarriage is al guide lu rheel 41which `is so mounted that Iitcan be adjusted fand therebycause thecarriage to travel eitherstraight ahead or in'acircle.y y j The operation of my device is as follows y After being assembled the spring 19 is wound by means of the key 22 and the device placed on the floor, the unwinding of the spring 19 sets in motion the train of gears causing the axle 6 to rotate and ldrive the wheels 7 moving the carriage across the iioor. During the rotation ofthe gears the projections 18v come-in contact with the arm' 29 of the lever 28 depressing it and raising the arm 30. This raising causes the levers 32 to be moved upwardly through the openings 33 and by reason of the hind legs of the animals 36 being pivoted, the `animals appear to rear upwardly and backwardly. The front legs, however, being pivoted at the knee permit thelower portion Vof these legs to remain in a vertical position thus giving a life-like appearance to the animals.

Upon the projections 18 passing the `end of the arm 29 the lever is permitted to rej-v r what .I claim isi: f v f 1 toy comprising a carriage, spring linotor, a tifain of gears and wheels 'for drivimg said Carriage, 2a flrevefr p'i'voted inter-mediy'il'csfends lcarried by said carriage, pro- (said ie jections 'formed von one .side of one 0i `said gears adapted to YContact with one 'end of said lever 'whereby said iev-e1- is inter; inittentiy .roeke'dand the opposite `end of Y "jrsruddenby raised and lowered, 'a 'top )for said earria'fge, a Vpflui'ialit')V7 of'animfals pivotallvsecured at their hind to said top, andialfever mechanism secured to said anihrrals and the pivoted lever vfor vsi-iddenly raisin flowering the fore fpai'to said faninfraf. s during the ioperation vof said '1Troto'r-- 'toy "comprising a carriage, 'a spring motor, :a -Strainfoi gears and wheels for drin ing said carriage, 'a 'top for said carriage,

*- -ajpiivo'teii lever, projet. ons foi-ined on 'the #side of one 'of saidgears and afd'al'ted to tentati; `with one enfd of said pivoted lever dining *the rotation of the Agears whereby the opposite end of said Ieveiis interin'iftteiitiy Vraised and lowered during 'the rotation oi fsail gear, a pluralityv of animals 4pi'x'fotally secured iat their hind legs to said top, a lever mechanism secured to said 'animals and operate'd by the pivoted ievefr for iraisingan'd loweringthe fore part of said animals during the operation of 'said motor,r a -human figure having 'pivoted arms loeated adjacent said animals, and a connection between the driving mechanism and said figure for moving 'the same up and down and forward and backward, said movement causing the arms 'of the figure to swing.

, 3. .Atoy 'comp-rising a carriage having a top and sides, an axle having a crank formed therein extending through said sides, `driv ing wheels secured to the ends of 'said axle, a 'pinion secured on said axle, a rod lia-ving one end {p'ivotall'y secured tosaid eral-rk, the

Aother 'end Iprojeating through die top of the pair of anim-al igures pivotally vsecured 'at ltheir hind legs to the top of said ear'riage,y the fore legs of said animalsbeing pivoted atftlie knee, a lever 'secured at one end 'to the 'pivot point of one fore leg 'of each animal 'and "extending tlnou-gh th'e 'top of .said 'c'ar- *if i-iage, 'the 1opposite ends olf ysaidV levers being pivota'lly conneeted 'to the free 'end of the oivoted lever, a `coil spring y'carried by sa'id drain, means for winding said spi-ing for placing the gear carried'by the drum in vrotation, a train of gears ii'iter'posedfbetiveen 'tire lfast mentioned gea'r and the pinion on the axle 'for rotating said aide and wheels,

and a guide wheel pivotally secured to said `'oarr-ifage adjacent itslfoiward end for regulatingthe path 'of travel-of said carriage. liitestinionjv whereof, I have signed In name to this spe'ci'cation. I Y

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